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You have an excellent space to work with.
You could have a spectacular theater.
You could do 2 rows of seating with back row on risers.

So far I see only three strategic errors.

Putting the screen on the wall near the entrance limits your potential to build a really great front end and is already making you think you shouldn't center up the screen in the room. It might work better on the other end.

I see the beginnings of a drop ceiling which I hope is in the process of being removed rather than going in. It will kill your hopes of containing the sound.

You have an excellent space to work with.
You could have a spectacular theater.
You could do 2 rows of seating with back row on risers.

So far I see only three strategic errors.

Putting the screen on the wall near the entrance limits your potential to build a really great front end and is already making you think you shouldn't center up the screen in the room. It might work better on the other end.

I see the beginnings of a drop ceiling which I hope is in the process of being removed rather than going in. It will kill your hopes of containing the sound.

Thinking the first row needs to be at 14 ft.

Thanks for the reply!

The entrance from the stairs is pretty tight so I thought having the seating on the other side would provide more maneuverability.

I'm currently tearing the basement up, taking off the crappy wood walls and drop ceilings

A really neat utility I found for calculating about where to place your seating was on the Projector Central website. Its their projection calculator pro. Its just a quick online utility. You define your screen dimensions, your projector, how the projector is mounted etc and it gives you rough estimates on the ranges of where your seating should go and how far your projector needs to be from the wall to achieve your desired image size.

I linked Big's starting point post in my sig. Read that - but measured floor plan with utilities and obstructions is a crucial first step.

+1

In the parlance of cleaning your room and doing your homework, clicking the suggested link is like getting the study notes (OK, cheatsheet) from an honors student. Do it...and all the other stuff suggested as well.

In the parlance of cleaning your room and doing your homework, clicking the suggested link is like getting the study notes (OK, cheatsheet) from an honors student. Do it...and all the other stuff suggested as well.

Poor guy; I imagine he's long gone by now. As GC would say, it's like we're "beboppin' and scattin' all over him".

Nah, please know that we're just having some fun. As BIG said earlier, your space has great potential; it should turn out just fine. All the kidding and puns aside, get it cleaned up, post some new pics and plans, read through the other build threads to get ideas, and the group will get you where you want to go.